Water cooler



May3l, 1932. H, E BLOOD 1,860,379

WATER COOLER Filed Oct. 4. 1950 Patented May 31, 1932 if UNITED AES HOWARD Eamon, oE DETROIT, MICHIGAN; AssrGnoE To noEGE ooEroEATIon; on

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A. ooEronATIon oEivironiesnL i 1 WATER coon-Es Application filed Clctober 4, 1930. a

My invention relates to an improved water cooling arrangement particularly applicable to refrigerator cabinets.

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The main feature of the invention resides in a water cooling tank immediately located within a refrigerator cabinet to be cooled and connected at its upper end'with a sup-' porting funnel opening to the exterior of the cabinet to receive and support a water bottle such as is commonly used in the retailing of drinking water tohomes or ofiices, and the provision of a faucet at the lower end of the tank adapted to beadjusted so that cold water may be readily drawn from the tank and to be swung back within the refrigerator cabinet so that the cabinet doors may be closed. 7

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a erator cabinet with part of the door broken away to show the water cooling installation and arrangement;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a faucet which may be used. r

On the drawings, 10 represents a refrigerator cabinet having'the space 11 subdivided by shelving 12 and having in an upper corner the housing 13 surroundinglthe cooling coils and forming the freezing compartment.

My water cooling attachment comprises a tank 14' which may be of the rectangular shape shown or of any other desired shape. A conical holder or funnel 15 is provided for supporting the water supply container 16 which may be a used in the retailing of drinking water to homes or offices. "This receiving mouth opento the exterior of the cabinet and may be entirely at the exterior ofthe cabinet or partly therein as (shown'at A suitable tube 17 connects the upper part of the tank 14: with the outlet of the funnel and the funnel is of such depth that the" will be a distance above from the funnel sides. With this arrangement the flow of the water from the bottle through the tank would be governed by the height of the water in the funnel. As long as there is sufiicient water mouth of the bottle the outlet and away water will flow funtilfth'e b'ottle' mouth is front elevation of a refrigbottle such as is commonly holder has its bottle ,of' Ethetank I 4 I spoutiss'wung' to be wi'thin theirefrigerator thatfthe doors 330*can be closed. f.

-*-passage so I desired to draw. water, from the a otherfre'ceptacle may in the funnel to'close' the mouth of the bottle i 7 no water will fiow therefrom, but when the water, level drops below the" bottle mouth g n closed; 1 y

' ;As the wateris cooled in thetank lt-it will tendto settle toward the bottom thereof the spout'passageway being enlarged at its inner end to form the water receiving 'cham'e and' -l'provide a faucet 18 'atj'thetlower part -ber 25 which is: conn'ected flby ports 26. with the valve bore: orpassageway 27 which at its loweriend has the cut-off port 28 adapted to connect the valve bore with the body pas sage 20 when the valve'is in; acertain po sition: ands-in other positions to cut olfthewater flow Suitable sealing washers 29 are inserted between the spout and the faucet body and handle andthe spout may be swung laterally but with: its bore, at all; times. conjnected with the jvalve bore. 7 .x

. In the arrangement shown at thektop. 1 of "Figure-ilythebottleildfiis mountedinthe holder. 15 .ontopof the cabinet,andthe:tank 514i is mounted against the side ofthe,fre ezfing. compartment 113 where it will be quickly cooled. The tankitselfcould formia'side-or;

freezing. coili V l 14 3' Sh wn and normally its l/Vhen it is .bafiiewal-lfor the" freezingcompartmentand will thus :bej'in intimate? contactwvith'thep Tlie faucet may'beat the front 7 a "tank 14' 'thedoor is opened andjthef faucet isswun -ts ext ind forwardly so thata' glass "or below the faucet'andthevalve is then be conveniently placed opened by turning the handle 23. As soon. as the p level drops in I the supply bottle will be exposedwater will" the tank so that the mouth. of a 3.00 i v g sitionoutside ofrthecabinet and the tank I located at any convenient position Within-the i'efrigerator below the; level of the bottle 7 I V V 7 moutheor in position so'th'a't-the flow'otf Water jfromthe bottle will be automatically regulatedvby t-ecooperaticn ofthe water with the bottle mouth. 1

It is also evident that instead ofbeing swivel construction'to be swung into or out l of the cabinet, the faucet; could be fpe manently outside 'fthe cabinet so that the door 7 neednot be openedwhen it isde'siredto draw 1 cold wate ,Fo'r example, the faucet, could .be ontheoutside on the side of the cabinet as 1 ;-indicated at "35 by dotted lines; on it could @extend forwardlyoutside of thebox between 3 the cabinet side Wall and the edge ofthe door, and th6@dOOI could then be formed to clear se the faucet during opening or closing thereof.

Although 'Ifh-ave shown: a-practical and 7 a .eiiicient embodiment of my invention :1 :do not I desire toibe limited to the construction and arrangement shown and described as modi- 35 {fications and changes may be made without ,dep'art' g fromithe-scopeand spiritiof the V invention. ,7 v-

, V Iclaimeas followsz. or e I c. '7 Iii'combination witharefiigefatorcabi- 39 11613, a water-tank Within said-cabinet, a fun- A nel supported-by thecabinet with its mouth in position to receive an inverted water sup- 7 ply bottle, sa-id'water tank being of :na rrow Width and supported nnedgeat one sideiof V the cabinet-freez'ing compartment with its front edge adjacentto the. door of 'the e I e cabinet, a- 'con'nection betweehthefunnel out-H I let'and the uppeiypart10f said tank,-anda itaucetsuppofled onthefrontedge ef'said" i I tanketthe bottomthereof,said faucetcom- 1' 5 when -the'rdoor is- .opened for 'dischafge of; j v v water.from thetank 'vvhen the iiaucet valve is; e V; j I

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prising favalvefor controlling-theo'utflow of ,7 1 water andpaiswiveledspout adapted to be-nor- 7 mally swung inwardlyfto permitclosure of the cabinet {dOQI' and-tube swung outwardly f w r opened. t I i f In'te'stimony whereotI have'hereuntosub r I I i c ibed my name at Detroit, Wayne Co nt 1 HOWARD SBLOO'I D 

